Gov. Hogan Issues First Paroles For Juvenile Lifers

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — For the first time in 24 years, individuals sentenced to life in a correctional facility for crimes they committed...

Idris Elba Will Star in Netflix's All-Black Western 'The Harder They Fall'

Idris Elba is set to join the cast of Netflix's The Harder They Fall. Netflix revealed Elba's casting on Monday. The all-black Western...

Trump strips transgender prisoners of protections against rape & abuse

Life is harder for transgender prisoners after the Trump administration in 2018 revoked Obama-era guidance protecting them from rape and...

Private school founder gets federal prison term for role in human trafficking

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - The founder of a now-defunct private school in Charlotte was sentenced to federal prison Tuesday morning in a case that...

Texas death row inmate Rodney Reed’s execution stayed by appeals court

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals stayed death row inmate Rodney Reed’s execution Friday, hours after the state Board of Pardons and...

Two former lifers to assist in commutations applications

Two formerly incarcerated people who served a combined total of 68 years in prison are going to put their experiences to work to help...

$30 million project aims to tell the story of Black Wall St.

TULSA, Okla. — Construction on the new “Greenwood Rising: The Legacy of Black Wall Street" is close to getting underway. The $30 million...

Amber Alert has been issued for a five-year-old girl in Florida Taylor Rose Williams

An Amber Alert has been issued for a five-year-old girl in Florida who disappeared early Wednesday morning. Taylor Rose Williams was last...

5-year probation cap gets the green light from state sentencing commission

ST. PAUL — The Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines Commission on Wednesday, Nov. 6, approved a five-year cap on probation sentences,...

Killer Mike demands Black people stand with Byron Allen in discrimination fight against Comcast

Atlanta born and social justice advocate, Killer Mike is clear about our responsibility as African Americans to one another. Without a...

Master P’s Rap Snacks headed to 4,200 Walmart stores nationwide

Master P has reportedly struck a deal with Walmart to carry his Rap Snacks chips to 4,200 stores nationwide. In the past, Rap Snacks...

Hundreds of Oklahoma inmates released in the largest commutation in US history

(CNN) Hundreds of Oklahoma inmates left prison Monday before their original sentences were over. And bipartisan lawmakers couldn't be...

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